Directed by Sean Faust
USA, 60 min., 2011
Not Rated
Finland's education system has consistently ranked among the best in the world for more than a decade. The question is, why? In this documentary, filmmaker Bob Compton along with Harvard researcher Dr. Tony Wagner, author of the bestselling The Global Achievement Gap, decided to find out. The Finland Phenomenon goes into classrooms and features interviews with students, teachers, parents, administrators, and government officials, to reveal the surprising factors that accounting for Finland's rank as the number one education system in the world.
Official Facebook page for The Finland Phenomenon
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Watch the trailer for The Finland Phenomenon:
Sat., Apr. 21st, 7 p.m.
Written and directed by James Clavell, based on the novel by E.R. Braithwaite
UK, 105 min., 1967
Not Rated
Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by E. R. Braithwaite, To Sir, with Love stars Sidney Poitier as Mark Thackeray who, while seeking a decent engineering job, takes a stint teaching a completely undisciplined class at school in London's rugged East End. Although not intending to stay there long, he starts implementing his own brand of classroom discipline: forcing the pupils to treat each other with respect. And despite his best intentions, he begins getting involved in the students' personal lives. When an engineering job comes through, will he stay or go?
To Sir, With Love will be screened at the Spring Street Gallery, 110 Spring Street. Admission is free.
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Watch the trailer for To Sir, With Love:
Sun., Nov. 20th, 3 p.m.
Directed by Severine von Tscharner Fleming
USA
2010
Armed with a camcorder, farmer/filmmaker/activist Severine von Tscharner Fleming spent two years crisscrossing America, meeting and mobilizing a network of revolutionary young farmers. The Greenhorns is an ode to their grit and entrepreneurial spirit, an exploration of sustainable agriculture, and an enticement to reclaim our national soil.
Our screening of The Greenhorns will include a panel discussion featuring:
Cara Fraver and Luke Deikis, Quincy Farm--After three years working for other farmers in the Hudson Valley, they started off on their own this spring, founding Quincy Farm in Easton, and cultivating just under three acres for the Glens Falls, Schenectady, and Ballston Spa farmers' markets. Despite a challenging first season, they look forward to expanding production for 2012, as well as adding a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) to their market outlets.
Michael Kilpatrick, Kilpatrick Family Farm--Michael Kilpatrick is a young, first-generation farmer who is the owner and leader of Kilpatrick Family Farm. The farm, a mixed vegetable and animal operation, specializes in providing vegetables, meat, and eggs through their year round CSA and farmer's markets. Michael and his crew farm 12-15 acres of vegetables, 100 acres of hay/pasture and 1/3 of an acre of covered production in and around Granville, NY on mostly rented land.
Teri Ptacek, Executive Director, Agricultural Stewardship Association--Teri Ptacek has been the executive director of the Agricultural Stewardship Association (ASA) in Greenwich for over eight years. A land trust that protects farmland in Washington and Rensselaer Counties, the breadbasket of the Capital District, ASA stewards over 12,000 acres, 83 properties, with 19 more farms in the works. Before heading up ASA, Teri was the director of the American Farmland Trust, in Saratoga Springs.
Sunday's screening will also include a special food event. Local chefs will provide appetizers made with local ingredients, as well as homemade desserts.
Participating restaurants include:
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